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#import "CCTextureAtlas.h"
#import "CCNode.h"
#import "CCProtocols.h"

/** CCAtlasNode is a subclass of CCNode that implements the CCRGBAProtocol and
 CCTextureProtocol protocol
 
 It knows how to render a TextureAtlas object.
 If you are going to render a TextureAtlas consider subclassing CCAtlasNode (or a subclass of CCAtlasNode)
 
 All features from CCNode are valid, plus the following features:
 - opacity and RGB colors
 */
@interface CCAtlasNode : CCNode <CCRGBAProtocol, CCTextureProtocol>
{
	// texture atlas
	CCTextureAtlas	*textureAtlas_;

	// chars per row
	int				itemsPerRow_;
	// chars per column
	int				itemsPerColumn_;
		
	// width of each char
	int				itemWidth_;
	// height of each char
	int				itemHeight_;

	// blend function
	ccBlendFunc		blendFunc_;

	// texture RGBA. 
	GLubyte		opacity_;
	ccColor3B	color_;
	ccColor3B	colorUnmodified_;
	BOOL opacityModifyRGB_;
}

/** conforms to CCTextureProtocol protocol */
@property (nonatomic,readwrite,retain) CCTextureAtlas *textureAtlas;

/** conforms to CCTextureProtocol protocol */
@property (nonatomic,readwrite) ccBlendFunc blendFunc;

/** conforms to CCRGBAProtocol protocol */
@property (nonatomic,readwrite) GLubyte opacity;
/** conforms to CCRGBAProtocol protocol */
@property (nonatomic,readwrite) ccColor3B color;


/** creates a CCAtlasNode  with an Atlas file the width and height of each item measured in points and the quantity of items to render*/
+(id) atlasWithTileFile:(NSString*)tile tileWidth:(int)w tileHeight:(int)h itemsToRender: (int) c;

/** initializes an CCAtlasNode  with an Atlas file the width and height of each item measured in points and the quantity of items to render*/
-(id) initWithTileFile:(NSString*)tile tileWidth:(int)w tileHeight:(int)h itemsToRender: (int) c;

/** updates the Atlas (indexed vertex array).
 * Shall be overriden in subclasses
 */
-(void) updateAtlasValues;
@end
